No Grinches Here

I'm happy to report that both the Major and I got over ourselves and had a nice little tete-a-tete this morning. Things are much better in condo-land.

We had a very nice, if somewhat long, day. We ran out to the Post Office to mail a few things and check on a package. The Post Office said they didn't have the Major's package. We got home from running around town, and there's a nice little note on the door saying: Hey, sorry we missed you, we've got a package for you. Love, USPS. Nice. Real nice.

The Khouria and the two of us must be on the same schedule because we too paid a visit to the Old Knavery. I took the Major there to look at the winter coats, and we left with just about everything but a winter coat. We did get some things that we needed though like a sweater, some henleys, long sleeved t-shirts, and I even scored a belt. I also managed to find a few gifts.

From there we had a nice relaxing lunch at Chilis, and yes we even had desert. We were about done with out excursion and we made a last stop at Target. We rounded up the basics that we needed for the week, but then we found this great Christmas Tree. We decided to get it because we haven't had one in years, and we had the extra money to afford it. However, we didn't see a single ornament that we liked at Target. (And we certainly didn't have enough to decorate all 7.5 feet of fake pre-lit tree.) So we went all over town looking for decent ornaments, and would you believe that there is nothing worthwile at our local craft store, or several other places we went to? We *finally* found some really nice stuff at Macy's of all places. I'll try to get some pics of it posted so there will be photodocumentation of this masterpiece.

After a short visit to the CompUSA, we get back home after 6 hours running around town. Since I'm such a masochist, I decided that it was time to rearrange the main living area (i.e.: living and dining room.) We basically flipped the layout of the living area so that the dining room is where the living room used to be and vice versa. It's one big open area with a pass through to the kitchen, so it's not a big deal. The good news is that we like this layout much better than what we had before. The better news is that we'll be able to get the super-comfy-sectional-sofa-of-watching-TV now, because we know it'll fit with this new layout. And best of all, the new layout gives a nice place for the Tree. The place is now officially all decked out for the holidays.

I lied, best of all, the animals have completely ignored the tree. There has been no batting at ornaments, climbing the tree or knocking the tree over. I hope this lasts for the rest of the season.